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filament tip

Image of Microcoleaceae

Description:

Trichodesmium (try-koe-des-me-um) is a filamentous cyanobacterium (blue-green alga). It may form blooms or rafts. A significant contributor to nitrogen fixation in the oceans. Differential interference microscopy.

data on this strain.

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David Patterson and Bob Andersen
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